My thinking was as in ‘I will you’ = ‘I wish to leave you’, plus the other bit.

]]>By: Johnhttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/07/independent-6805math/#comment-37671
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:40:37 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2221#comment-37671Thanks for help and kind comments. I can’t see why WILL (2dn) is a double definition: surely a triple def? Wish = will, to leave = will (in the leaving a will sense, will a verb), a man = Will. Otherwise one or two words are redundant.
]]>By: rayfolwellhttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/07/independent-6805math/#comment-37594
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:10:08 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2221#comment-37594I found this easier than usual, but the cricket hadn’t started when I tackled it !
14D I think “his” refers to Father Dougherty’s degree being a DD.

2D & 4D presumably refer to the Nina as well.
Maybe William had some 24,26D’s for his birthday.

]]>By: Paul Bhttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/07/independent-6805math/#comment-37593
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:07:18 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2221#comment-37593WILL’s a double def, by the way.
]]>By: Paul Bhttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/07/independent-6805math/#comment-37592
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:06:51 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2221#comment-37592I agree re ‘became’ which would also seem to apply to ‘encountered’ at 17dn – unless the elements are what we as solvers encounter, of course.

26ac what’s ‘on river’s banks’ is what’s either side of word or abbrev for river, in Crosswordland.

14dn DD = a theological qualification, so ‘his’ (Father Dougherty’s).

25dn = hairdo = state of one’s shock (of hair) in Cillaspeak.

As mentioned, great blog, and a very nice puzzle indeed, for my money, in the tres modern stylee. Nice to see an absence of tough words in a puzzle that’s somewhat restricted for gridfill by its (presumably personal?) Nina.

Plaudits to all.

]]>By: Geoff Mosshttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/07/independent-6805math/#comment-37589
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:01:35 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2221#comment-3758914d ‘A’ is ‘one’, DD is ‘his degree’. A ‘father’ in the clerical sense could well be a Doctor of Divinity.
]]>By: Pathttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/07/independent-6805math/#comment-37588
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:54:05 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2221#comment-37588Terrific blog. I found this extremely tough. A couple of allusions, like tori for doughnuts, and K for Cambodia, that completely escaped me. In 25d, Urdu is a vague homophone for Cilla Black’s broad Liverpudlian pronunciation of “hairdo”, as the word “hair comes out as “err”, shock here being used as an indicator for hair
]]>By: Geoff Mosshttp://www.fifteensquared.net/2008/08/07/independent-6805math/#comment-37587
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:51:31 +0000http://fifteensquared.net/?p=2221#comment-375874d ‘previous stage for a new act’ = ‘bill’ = ‘a draft of a proposed law’
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